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Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
and Management ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Yield of blood CX ... #Pulmonary #Community
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
A defect in arterial ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... blood gas (ABC) ... Can also be seen
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
severe RV dilation and ... challenges that can ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4c ... #pocus
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... surgical management
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Echocardiogram (1) ... - with severe MS ... (5) Layered clot ... (7) patient in atrial ... #cardiology #a4c
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... Antinuclear antibodies ≥ 1: ... salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
pulmonary hypertension ... >LAP as atrial septum ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary ... #cardiology #saline
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... initiation Clinical ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
clinical judgement ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... second ribs.1 ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR